Practice Areas
Bar and Court Admissions
New Jersey
U.S. District Court, New Jersey
Education
JD, Seton Hall University School of Law
BS, The College of New Jersey, magna cum laude
Member
(973) 258-1440
Ms. Marisa Lepore Hovanec is a member of the firm whose practice is primarily focused on family law, appeals, and guardianships of special needs adults. She is experienced in representing clients in both contested and uncontested matters, and is also a trained family law mediator, having completed the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education Family Law Mediation program in 2014.
Prior to entering the private practice of law, Ms. Lepore Hovanec participated in the Seton Hall School of Law Center for Social Justice Family Law Clinic and served as judicial law clerk to the Honorable Anthony F. Picheca, Jr., J.S.C., Somerset County, Chancery Division – Family Part. She was recognized from 2015-2021 as a “New Jersey Super Lawyers – Rising Star” in family law. For the year 2022, she was selected as a “Super Lawyer.” In 2020, Ms. Lepore Hovanec was selected by the New Jersey Law Journal as one of thirty “New Leaders of the Bar.”
Ms. Lepore Hovanec is a member of the Family Law Executive Committee of the Family Law Section of the New Jersey State Bar Association and an Associate Managing Editor of the esteemed New Jersey Family Lawyer publication. She is also a former District Chair of the Supreme Court of New Jersey Fee Arbitration Committee for District XII, Union County. Since 2014, Ms. Lepore Hovanec has served as a panelist for the Union County Matrimonial Early Settlement Program.
Ms. Lepore Hovanec frequently lectures on the topics of family law and divorce, guardianships and appeals. Recent lecture topics have included “Divorce and Bankruptcy,” “Family Law Appellate Practice,” and “Guardianship and Your Special Needs Child.” In her spare time, Ms. Lepore Hovanec likes to give back to the community by volunteering with organizations and charities focused on special needs children and adults.
Member, New Jersey State Bar Association, Family Law Section
Member, Union County Bar Association, Family Law Section
Member, Middlesex County Bar Association, Family Law Section
Member, Supreme Court of New Jersey Fee Arbitration Committee for District XII, Union County
Panelist, Union County Matrimonial Early Settlement Program
Associate Editor and Contributor, New Jersey Family Lawyer
Appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court as Panel Chair for the District Fee Arbitration Committee, Union County, District XII
Law Clerk to the Honorable Anthony F. Picheca, Jr., J.S.C., Somerset County, Chancery Division - Family Part, 2008-2009
Judicial Intern for the Honorable Claire C. Cecchi, Federal Magistrate Judge, 2007
Judicial Intern for the Honorable Joel A. Pisano, Federal District Court Judge, 2006
Super Lawyers – Rising Stars (2015 to present)
Named NJ New Leaders of the Bar for 2020 as part of New Jersey Law Journal's Professional Excellence Awards
A description of the standard or methodology on which the accolades are based can be found HERE. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey.
New Jersey
U.S. District Court, New Jersey
JD, Seton Hall University School of Law
BS, The College of New Jersey, magna cum laude